Maybe you've already been through all this, but from the error below, it looks like the kernel driver is not loading to begin with. I don't think anything about X will matter until it can load successfully. Have you tried using modprobe to load the module manually, and lsmod to list it? Also, sometimes /etc/modules.conf has clues. Finally, after (if) the module fails to load using modprobe, you should be able to look at /var/log in a couple of spots to see if you have more detail regarding why it won't load. The README seems to imply that the most common problem is with a mis-match between the kernel and architecture, and the RPMs you choose, although I've had modules not load due to mis-specified BIOS parameters, resource conflicts, or /etc/modules.conf options that were somehow inserted but don't work right. You could do uname to verify the architecture and see if the kernel headers are where they say they should be in the README. Finally, you may want to use up2date to bring everything to the latest, including even the kernel. It looks like they have newer versions of the RPMs for the 2.4.9 kernel, and maybe things would work better from there. On the NV site they even mention install problems that are fixed in the later versions.
Hope some of this helps in some way. I'm not much of an expert, but I've had my own wars with a Toshiba Laptop with an S3Virge/MX+ chipset, so I've hit a few similar issues before. Good luck, Bill Wraith Jeffrey Widom wrote: > I'm having an EXTREMELY difficult time installing and > configuring X on a Gateway 9550 Laptop; go figure! > > I've downloaded the latest n' greatest NVIDIA driver > and installed via rpm, but when I try and startx. > > # run modprobe NVdriver NVreg_Mobile=5 > > I receive a long list of errors including: > > - fatal IO error 104 (Connection resest by peer) on X > server ":0.0" > > - > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: > insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver > failed > > RH's install works fine, the command line works fine, > X is driving me NUTS! The suggestions on the > following pages have been helpful, but things still > aren't working: > > http://silkspeed.com/gateway9550.html > http://www.nvidia.com/docs/lo/1021/SUPP/README.txt > > Can someone help!?!? > > -- Jeff > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
